Movie Review: The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies'

December 18, 2014 1:04 PM

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Some might argue that, having taken the dense Lord of the Rings trilogy and condensed it into three monumental films, Peter Jackson should have had no trouble turning The Hobbit into an equally enjoyable and involving one-off.

The slimmest of J.R.R. Tolkien's volumes, The Hobbit has been extended to a trilogy of its own. While these films have felt like overkill at times, the Oscar-winning Jackson brings it home with a bang with this final film in what has to stand, collectively, as the greatest achievement in extended fa...